THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT IS AN ECONOMIC PROTEST TARGETING WALL STREET, BIG BUSINESS AND BIG BANKS. Do not get distracted.

Challenging Mortgage Foreclosure, first why!

WHY IS THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT PROTESTING IN FRONT OF BANKS? WHY SHOULD THE PROTEST BE EXPANDED? YOU DECIDE.

Have you, a family member, or a friend lost a home to a Bank Mortgage Foreclosure? Have you , a family member or a friend been encouraged by a Bank Mortgage officer to take out a home loan with your income inflated , your down payment reduced, and the value of the home you were buying inflated by a false market that collapsed? Have you , a family member , or a friend been given given the run around when trying to use federal incentives aimed at allowing your house to be kept? Have you , a family member or a friend lost value in your home to where it is now worth less that what you paid for it? Have you, a family member or a friend ever been enraged because of the stimlus money or bailout received by Wall Street, Big Business and Big Banks? How angry would you be if you knew these same banks were lying on their paper work, committing a fraud on the court just to be able to foreclose and take your house. Now do you understand this small part of why we are protesting in the Occupy Movement? Join us in this economic protest.

This is presented by Terry Bankert of "Occupy Flint". The Occupy Movement is a political push back against the  the political right that has dominated our public policy, our media, and National Politics. To what end? They are responsible for a do nothing congress overseing a republican , Wall Street, Big Business and Big Bank collapsing false economy that has enriched them and impoverised our people. We stood by as they , Wall Street, Big Business and Big Banks were bailed out and we are foreclosed and bankrupted. This push back from the left is similar to the  tea party push back from the Republican conservatives. There is one critical difference. WE OUT NUMBER THEM, STAY FOCUSED AND DEMAND ECONOMIC CHANGE.


DID YOU KNOW “GMAC, JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), and One West employees routinely sign hundreds of documents without verifying what they are signing. Those documents are then submitted to the courts as if they were true to enable Banks to foreclose on delinquent properties.”[11] When is a lie a little lie? Can we presume a bank that will tell a little lie will also tell a big one?

The mortgage industry velocity in moving property interest without proper documentation has created a cesspool of illegal home foreclosures and countless pain to us. As punishment we want the Mortgage Banking Industry to pay for these crimes against the middle class. We demand Congressional and State legislative change and Federal and State criminal prosecutions.I suggest a modification of the Chapter Seven Bankruptcy Code to allow a cram down of all mortgages owed to the present value.


THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL THINKS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

“In Michigan, the attorney general took the rare step in June of filing criminal subpoenas to out-of-state mortgage processing companies after 23 county registers of deeds filed a criminal complaint with his office over robo-signed documents they say they have received.”[8]11/16/2011


DID YOU KNOW “The Attorney General’s Office has made prosecuting mortgage fraud a priority for his office. A mortgage fraud unit was created and teamed up with the Michigan State Police and other law enforcement agencies to tackle the problem. Since January 2009,the Attorney General’s Office has arrested twenty individuals charged with mortgage fraud related crimes totaling at least $1.75 million in losses. They have been charged with some of the toughest crimes a prosecutor can charge for white collar crime -
racketeering, uttering and publishing and false pretenses.”[9]

DID YOU KNOW “These mortgage fraud schemes involve the use of inflated appraisals and straw buyers to gain mortgages far greater than the value of the property. The criminals take the  extra money from the mortgage and leave the straw buyer hanging with a mortgage they cannot afford and property worth far less than the mortgage amount.”[9]

The Occupy movement is about economic justice and accountability through political pressure, accountability through prosecution and legislative change’ Join us in our protest.

Terry Bankert of “Occupy Flint” 11/25/2011


NOTES, NOTES, NOTES,NOTES,NOTES,NOTES



DID YOU KNOW THAT IN OTHER STATES THERE ARE PROSECUTIONS.11/16/2011 “Two title officers have been indicted on more than 600 charges alleging they directed a "robo-signing" scheme that led to the filing of tens of thousands of fraudulent foreclosure documents, the Nevada attorney general's office said Wednesday. [8]



Look at this case ,“GMAC is not listed anywhere on the property profile, yet GMAC shows up on my credit report when they were not involved in the transaction. GMAC failed to explain why we were denied a loan modification, even thought they already knows what type of loan this was, it qualified for a 30% principle reduction.There still is no mention of the illegal foreclosure, GMAC did not assign the mortgage and used an illegal company to foreclose! They continue to rip off homeowners during these economic times and they can’t get away with this! [1]



The Mortgage Industry uses “ Blackwater” like mercenaries to seize property.



Look at this example.



“I came home to find two trucks being loaded with my personal belongings. A “lock-out” company, hired by the bank, informed me that the house was foreclosed upon, and they now were the owners of my personal property.I called the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and the company was ordered to leave. Once a home becomes foreclosed on, it doesn’t mean that the bank can take your belongings and change the locks. They are required to file a writ of possession that is carried out by sheriff’s deputies.In my case, no writ of possession had been filed. But the lock-out company already had removed several valuables that were never recovered. I felt violated, as if I woke up and found myself in a communist country.

[2]





“A Clark County District Court judge issued warrants for California residents Gary Randall Trafford, 49, and Geraldine Ann Sheppard, 62, after a grand jury handed up the 439-page indictment. Their hometowns were unavailable, and they could not be immediately located for comment.”[8]



“The indictment says that between 2005 and 2008, Trafford and Sheppard directed employees to forge their names on foreclosure documents, then notarize the signatures they just forged. The defendants then had the employees file the fraudulent notices of default with the county recorder's office to begin foreclosures on homes. “11/16/2011 [8]







DID YOU KNOW “The Mortgage foreclosure industry is ripe for reform. Here is one example.”On February 11, the Florida Supreme Court amended the rules of foreclosure proceedings in a radical way: they want someone to swear that the allegations in the complaint are actually true. (Buncha bomb-throwers, aren’t they?) [3]



“The amended rule says:

When filing an action for foreclosure of a mortgage on residential real property the complaint shall be verified. When filing an action for foreclosure of a mortgage on residential real property the complaint shall be verified. When verification of a document is required, the document filed shall include an oath, affirmation, or the following statement:

“Under penalty of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing, and the facts alleged therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.”[3]



IS THE PROBLEMS THE ATTORNEYS?



“For the plaintiffs’ law firms, the foreclosure mills filing all these lawsuits, the new rule is a disaster – because they can’t possibly confirm the truth of what they file with the courts. How do we know this?”[3]



IN THE FORECLOSURE BUSINESS IS ANYONE TELLING THE TRUTH?



One of them actually told the Florida Supreme Court so. Shapiro & Fishman, one of Florida’s largest foreclosure mills, has asked the Court to back down from the verification requirement, with the astonishing reason that it’s impossible to get anyone to swear to the truth of a foreclosure complaint.[3]



“Nevada has been the state hit hardest by the recession and the housing crisis, leading the nation in bankruptcies, foreclosures and unemployment. Yet, the problem of shoddy mortgage paperwork, which comprises several shortcuts known collectively as "robo-signing," is more widespread.”[8]



“Judges who handle foreclosures in Maine, California, Arizona, New York and other states have thrown out foreclosure cases because documents apparently were robo-signers. The nation's largest banks, including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., and other lenders temporarily halted foreclosures nationwide last fall because of the issue. “[8]



THE SYSTEM MOVES MASSIVES AMOUNTS OF PAPER WORK. The Plaintiffs’ lawyers don’t know the truth because the industry is bending or breaking the rules by people not fully informed.







“In their “Motion for Rehearing,” [PDF] Shapiro explained that their lawyers cannot ethically swear to the truth of the papers they file with the court, because they rely on information from others:

It is also unclear whether an attorney or law firm representing a lender can verify a mortgage foreclosure complaint based upon information he/she/it obtained from the client or other parties, including the holder of the note and the servicer.[3]

Plaintiffs are the end of a series of owners of the mortgage paperwork they don’t know the truth



“Well, ok…. If the lawyers can’t do it, how about their clients, the plaintiffs who claim to own the loan? Nope, says Shapiro:

[W]hile the holder of the note may have some limited knowledge in order to verify portions of the complaint, it may not have the necessary knowledge to verify the remainder of the complaint. For example… it may not have personal knowledge of when the last payment on the note was made or if a default notice was mailed to the client.”[3]

No one knows the truth!



“So… the supposed owner of the note ordinarily has no idea when or if they’ve been getting paid? That may sound crazy, but many lender hire “servicing agents” – in essence, bag men – to collect their money for them from borrowers”. [3]



JUST WHO ARE THE SERVICING AGENTS?



“So, why couldn’t the servicing agents swear to the truth of the complaint? Shapiro says, it’s because they don’t know enough, either…. and what they don’t know will surprise you: Who are these bag men work for.”[3]



“The loan servicer would, presumably, have that knowledge [about payment status of the loan]… but likely would not have personal or direct knowledge of other factual allegations.”[3]



“What “other factual allegations”? Simple things, like who owns the note – the very people these bag men are supposedly collecting for. (If they don’t even know, then who does?)”[3]



“There’s one giant, gaping hole in Shapiro’s argument to the Supreme Court. In every foreclosure action, these law firms submit to the court evidence in the form of affidavits – sworn written statements – which are supposed to swear to the truth of all the elements of the plaintiffs’ claim. These affidavits are the basis for judgment in more than 99% of all foreclosure cases where the house is sold”.[3]



“And Shapiro has just admitted that they are false. Because the one person signing them cannot possibly have “personal knowledge” of all the facts of the case – at least, that’s what Shapiro has said. “[3]



ASSEMBLY LINE OF JUSTICE



“Workers who processed tens of thousands of mortgage foreclosure papers portrayed their jobs as assembly-line work that required them to sign off on documents without reviewing them.

The depositions — which are sworn statements given in lawsuits against servicers — were released this week by a Florida lawyer defending 3,000 homeowners in foreclosure cases. They are the latest evidence in a controversy over foreclosure practices that has led state officials and federal regulators to investigate whether foreclosure papers filed with courts were false or fraudulent.[4]



“A Wells Fargo employee in South Carolina said in a March deposition that she typically signed 300 to 500 foreclosure documents in a single day and that her only other responsibility was to make sure her name and title were written correctly.

Shown a foreclosure affidavit that she had signed in 2009, she said she did not know if the information was accurate.[4]





FORECLOSURES: Banks seize a record 288,345 homes in third quarter

QUESTIONS: All 50 states launch joint investigation into foreclosures



THE PROCESSORS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH.



“In a separate deposition, a foreclosure supervisor for Litton Loan Servicing in Houston could not define the terms "promissory note," "mortgagee," "lien" or "circuit court," even though those terms were on foreclosure papers she had signed. Litton is a mortgage-servicing company, which collects mortgage payments and forwards them to the mortgage holders.

Litton Loan declined to comment.[4]





“A third witness was a Bosnian refugee who came to the U.S. in 1999 and spent nine years working as a housekeeper, teacher's aide, Walmart clerk and in the shipping and receiving office of Washington Mutual in Jacksonville. She was made a "document execution specialist" in 2008 for WaMu, which is now part of JPMorgan Chase. The woman, who speaks halting English, testified that she signs 30 to 40 affidavits a day”.[4]



“JPMorgan is expanding its document review to 115,000 loans because of possible concerns about the affidavits' signatures and notarization, spokesman Tom Kelly says. He says JPMorgan

began making changes to its processes earlier this year

“.[4]



“The depositions were released by Deerfield Beach, Fla., attorney Peter Ticktin, who says he has taken 150 depositions from bank employees who make similar admissions about foreclosure documents they signed off on.”[4]



"This is what all the problems are about," Ticktin says. "These document signers are at the heart of the problem."[4]



ROBO SIGNERS



“They're now popularly known as "robo-signers," because recently released depositions from other lawsuits revealed some mortgage-servicer employees admitting to signing off on thousands of foreclosure documents a month without giving them proper review.”[4]



DOES MICHIGAN REQUIRE JUDICIAL APPROVAL?



“In 23 states that require judicial approval to foreclose, servicers must prepare affidavits and documents for courts to review. They are supposed to be verified and signed in the presence of a notary.”[4]





“Investigators are trying to determine if faulty and fraudulent documents were filed to foreclose on homeowners in violation of state laws. “[4]



BACK DATED DOCUMENTS



“Another common trade practice is to create pre-dated, backdated, and fraudulent assignments of mortgages and endorsements before or after the fact to support the allegations being made by the foreclosing party.”[5]



WHO ARE THE FORECLOSING PARTIES



“ Foreclosing parties are most often the servicer or MERS acting on the servicer’s behalf, not the owners of the actual promissory note. Often, they assist in concealing known frauds and abuses by originators, prior servicers, and mortgage brokers from both the borrowers and investors by the utilization of concealing the true chain of ownership of a borrower’s loan.”

[5]





MICHIGAN PROSECUTIONS RE: MORTGAGE FRAUD

The following

twenty people have been charged and this is only the beginning:[9]

NAME CHARGE COURT

1. People v. Patricia Michno Uttering & Publishing 6th Circuit Court – Oakland

2. People v. Dequincy Hyatt Racketeering/False Pretenses 16th Circuit Court – Macomb

3. People v. Seaesther

Thompson-Hayes Racketeering/False Pretenses 16th Circuit Court – Macomb

4. People v. Aaron Brooks Racketeering/False Pretenses 16th Circuit Court – Macomb

5. People v. Pietro Biundo False Pretenses 41B District Court – Clinton

Township

6. People v. Evelyn Santana ID Theft/False Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

7. People v. Dagoberto Reyes ID Theft/False Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

8. People v. Bilal Hashem Uttering & Publishing/False

Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

9. People v. Ali Haidous Uttering & Publishing/False

Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

10. People v. Sami Makky Uttering & Publishing/False

Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

11. People v. Mahmed Beydoun Uttering & Publishing/False

Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

12. People v. Eddie Zaben Racketeering/False Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

13. People v. Hayder Azawi Racketeering/False Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

14. People v. Jeffrey Barry False Pretenses 29th Circuit Court – St. Johns

15. People v. Damon Clark Racketeering/False Pretenses 8th Circuit Court - Stanton

16. People v. Reginald Tardy Racketeering/False Pretenses 8th Circuit Court - Stanton

17. People v. Maria Hernandez False Pretenses/Identity Theft 17th Circuit Court – Grand

Rapids

18. People v. Richard Gosselin Racketeering/False Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

19. People v. Rita Gosselin Racketeering/False Pretenses 3rd Circuit Court – Wayne

20. People v. John Klein Uttering & Publishing/False

Pretenses 6th Circuit Court – Oakland [9]









[1]

http://hissingkitty.com/complaints/gmac-illegal-mortgage-foreclosure/


[2]

http://floridaforeclosurefraud.com/2009/06/beware-illegal-evictions-in-florida-foreclosures
/

[3]

http://floridaforeclosurefraud.com/2010/03/foreclosure-lawsuits-are-built-on-lies-shapiro-fishman-admits-foreclosure-claims-cannot-be-verified/


[4]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-10-15-foreclosures15_ST_N.htm


[5]

http://loanaudit.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/mortgage-assignment-affidavit-fraud/


[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreclosure


[7]



http://www.housingpredictor.com/illegal-foreclosure-investigation.htm
l

[8]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/2-indicted-vegas-foreclosure-robo-235911376.html


[9]

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/ag/Cox_Fights_Mortgage_Fraud_284937_7.pdf


[10]

https://secure.ag.state.mi.us/complaints/foreclosure.aspx


[11]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/10/02/robo-signing-scandal-spreads-documents-show-citi-and-wells-also/

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WHAT IS THE OCCUPY?

JUST WHAT IS THE “OCCUPY” MOVEMENT?

My view is that it is representative of the anger ,of all but a few, over the economic loss in the country. The protestors may be young, poor and have the time to protest. The movement is the displaced middle class and represents a huge dominant voting block.

IT IS NOT THE CAMP

You cannot gauge the numbers of the Occupy movement by the number of campers. You cannot identify the basic core values of the movement by the talking heads that appear before you at camp or on the front line protest.

THE CAMP IS SMALL THE MOVEMENT IS LARGE

Those that do not understand, not care or oppose the Occupy Movement will try to measure the movement by small camps or the prattle of some of the children protesting. When in fact hundreds of thousands self identiy with the movement and at any event with a little effort young and old adults with emense widom and insight can be found.


CAMPERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE

The Occupiers have been active in the community providing for the homeless, food drives and general concern for others in the community.



ORIGINAL ACTIVISTS BECAME CAMP SUPPORTERS

Flint has seen the exit from the camps and the front line protests those that began this effort on line. They are still there but it is not as cold in their spot. They busy them selves with internet squabbles and on occasion  focus on awareness-raising and specific actions. The campers have the same squabbles but its nose to nose.



THIS MOVEMENT IS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD AND THERE HAS BEEN A FLURRY OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATION.

This is the beginning of a movement it is messy. You have young and old people in a confined space and different agendas. On occasion the dialogue is intense.

My view.
1.OCCUPY IS AN EVOLVING PROCESS. IT IS A LEADERLESS ORGANIZATION

2.THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS BUT NO FRACTIONALIZING?

3. THERE ARE NO MEASURING STICKS

4.THERE APEARS TO BE A SPLIT BETWEEN THE CAMPERS AND THE REGULAR PEOPLE IN THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT. Just like any family there are differences. Oppose them and they join together.

5. IT IS DIFFICULT TO STAY ON MISSION.Each person comse with different community needs they would like top solve. The Occupy Movement could become spread too thin.



As long as the Movement organizes a sustained focused protest it will remain viable.We should keep our personal community/political agenda from consuming the scarce resources that comprise the Occupy Movement.

By Terry Bankert



NOTES.....




.NOTES......








NOTES



IT IS NOT THE CAMP

If you were to try to gauge the scale of the Ann Arbor Occupy movement by the small camp at Liberty Plaza or even by attending a few of the the first local group’s general assemblies, you would probably come away with an immensely inaccurate picture.[A]



THE CAMP IS SMALL THE MOVEMENT IS LARGE

First of all, although people seem to find it easy to belittle the small physical camp and hold it up as a symbol of the extent of the local activity, those would be the first two misperceptions. [A]

CAMPERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE

Though very small in number, the few dedicated campers that have maintained a presence don’t just sit in their tents, they have been extremely active in assisting with the impending homeless crisis in Ann Arbor, staging a small but successful benefit just last week at Hathaway’s Hideaway.[A]



ORIGIONAL ACTIVISTS BECAME CAMP SUPPORTERS



And secondly, the vast majority of local Occupy activists decided early on that although a local presence is important, a better use of resources would be to support other camps, and instead focus on awareness-raising and specific actions.[A]



THIS MOVEMENT IS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD AND THERE HAS BEEN A FLURRY OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATION.





In the flurry of assemblies, committee meetings, and on-line dialogue that has taken place, one thing has become clear, and that is that with a movement like this, it takes a while for things to become clear![A]



IT IS HARD TO PICTURE THE NUMBER OF PEOP[LE INVOLVED.

A truly accurate estimate of the number of people that have continued to take part in local activities is difficult to arrive at, simply because there are so many things going on. In any case, having attended a wide variety of assemblies and events, we would say a safe number would be perhaps 200-300 people.[A]

OCCUPY IS AN EVOLVING PROCESS. IT IS A LEADERLESS ORGANIZATION

But those are just the more regular faces. The fact is that the organizing of groups like this is a continually evolving process, and in the case of Ann Arbor, a process that may have moved more slowly as individuals make the decision to either commit to the original NYCGA process, or adapt the method to better suit specific needs, or in some cases, eschew this method altogether.[A]

THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS BUT NO FRACTIONALIZING?

The amazing thing is that so far – in spite of some disagreements about specific organizational methods – there has been no serious “factionalizing”. [A]

MEASURING STICKS

You will see a surprisingly broad spectrum of people at each group’s meeting, and the same faces taking part in different groups. And you will repeatedly hear the terms “solidarity” and “autonomy” used side by side, as the groups make it clear that the essence of the movement is taking constructive action as one sees fit, and seeking consensus and support whenever it seems appropriate.[A]



THERE APEARS TO BE A SPLIT BETWEEN THE CAMPERS AND THE REGULAR P[EOPL IN THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT



Because of the rapid evolution of local organizing, we’ll soon be taking this site – OccupyAnnArbor.org – in a radically different direction, seeking to bridge the gap between full-time activists and “regular people” who want to get involved. [A]

CONTACT



If you have ideas and interest but haven’t found a fit, learn more HERE or contact us. In the meantime, below is a quick roundup of the local groups that have been shaping up. Let us know if we missed anyone!





DO NOT MEASURE THE MOVEMENT BY THE NUMBER OF CAMPERS



Is it time for occupiers to employ some new strategies? We think so, that’s why we’ve assembled a list of about 400 Occupy groups nationwide, and are hoping to start an action group to enable people who don’t have time for lengthy OWS-style assemblies to get on board. [A]



It seems logical that better networking and the inclusion of people who can’t or don’t want to “occupy” are some next logical steps. [A]



A few years ago, progressives failed to cash in on a goldmine of strategic information when Frank Luntz’s GOP Playbook was released into the wild. The document was chock full of language and strategy behind the neo-con agenda, and progressives missed an incredible opportunity by spending more time being aghast at its existence than putting the information to work. [A]



Well, the Occupy Movement is being handed similar treasures, with both of America’s political parties AND major corporations and think tanks regularly revealing their hand. Yesterday, MSNBC made public the sales pitch of a major lobby firm to the American Bankers Association, a pitch which outlined their offer to undermine the Occupy Movement to help defeat Democrats in 2012. [A]



Two of the memo’s authors previously worked for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and assembled the document for lobby firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford. While the ABA declined the $850,000 plan(PDF), it contained a surprising level of detail about how banks might go about undermining Occupy activities. [A]



Also this weekend, the San Francisco Bay Guardian had a piece about howPERF (Police Executive Research Forum) had coordinated calls with mayors across the US, and without too much work, you can find the document Managing Major Events: Best Practices from the Field (PDF) right on PERF’s website.[A]



On the other hand, the Occupy movement has the incredible advantage of being intentionally non-partisan, decentralized, and unified by principles rather than soundbites. And although it’s easy to spot even extreme left individuals at actual events, some of the movements’ most numerous, intelligent, and resourceful supporters – who are all over the political/ideological spectrum – are still waiting to take part.[A]



[A]

http://occupyannarbor.org/




[B]

http://www.facebook.com/occupyannarbor


LISTS

Official websites for the movement:



https://occupywallst.org/




http://occupytogether.org/




http://occupytogether.org/events/midwest/occupy-lansing/






Existing Facebook Groups/Events:



-Occupy Wall Street

https://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt




https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144937025580428






-Occupy Together:

https://www.facebook.com/OccupyTogethe


r



-Occupy Lansing/Michigan:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196360057103242




https://www.facebook.com/OccupyMichigan






-Nationwide Carpool (Michigan specific link):

https://www.facebook.com/OccupyMichigan






*A quick and simple explanation of our current economic crisis:

http://youtu.be/JTzMqm2TwgE






*Live streaming and videos of the event:

http://nycga.cc/resources/global-revolution-tv/


[C]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Detroit/21854306154075
1

[D]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Lansing/283950514956506?sk=wall


[E]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Southeast-Michigan/140333112731122?sk=wall


[F]

Occupy4All is a merry band of roving peaceniks based in Ann Arbor. We stand in solidarity with occupations across Michigan, working in various capacities to foster autonomous, consensus-based relations built on interdependence and mutual assistance. We are a needs-based action group whose aim is to sustain and expand the vision of the Occupy movement in Michigan, as well as across the country.

Wordpress:    OccupyForAll.wordpress.com



Facebook: www.facebook.com/OccupyForAll


Twitter: twitter.com/occupy4all

Tumblr: occupy4all.tumblr.com


E-mail: occupyforall@gmail.com


[G]

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyMichigan?sk=wall


[H]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Jackson-MI/293370404026038?sk=wall


[I]

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyTheUP?sk=wall


[J]

http://www.facebook.com/studentsoccupyannarbor?sk=wall

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OCCUPATION OF THE FRONT LAWN OF FLINT CITY HALL

TERRY BANKERT OF “ OCCUPY FLINT”. 11/08/2011- FRONT LAWN FLINT CITY HALL




OCCUPY FLINT PROTEST 11/08/11

BMO GREEN of OCCUPY FLINT released a statement for Occupy FLINT at 11p.m. 11/08/2011"It was the consensus decision of the General Assembly on 11/06/2011 to Occupy the front lawn of Flint City Hall during the election of 11/08/2011 and throughout the night.

‎"We are here at city hall on this election day to stand up for the right of Americans to freely assemble and voice their grievances. "


"We do not endorse either candidate, rather we protest the system that allows money to determine the size of one's voice. "

"Over 3,000 Americans have been arrested, brutalized, and falsely imprisoned, for simply exercising their constitutionally protected right to assemble, since the occupation began over 50 days ago; we stand with them in solidarity."

BMO GREEN OF "OCCUPY FLINT" 11/07/2011

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IS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE INEVITABLE IN THE FLINT OCCUPY MOVEMENT?

Terry Bankert of “OCCUPY FLINT”11/7/11


Civil disobedience inevitable in the Occupy Movement?

In my opinion The Occupy Movement is a political protest against economic policies that have decimated the middle class in America and specifically their college educated children who have now no jobs to go to. An organizational principal is civil disobedience. These non violents acts of non compliance are well grounded in American history. This movement is not anti police but there is an inevitable confontation because of the positive role of the police to enforce our laws, to serve and protect. Acts of civil disobediance as a political protest will seed the field of change. What is Civil Disobedience.

“Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always,[1][2] defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance. In one view (in India, known asahimsa or satyagraha) it could be said that it is compassion in the form of respectful disagreement.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience




OCCUPY MOVEMENT CAN WIN WITH NON VIOLENCE- “Occupy Flint” with a base camp within a mile of Labors defining sit down strike is in a sympathetic community. Acts non violent with passive resistance , disobedience ,to orders is an American tradition.



“Any effort by a tiny minority to break the unity of action of our movement must be repelled. Anything short of strict nonviolence will play into the hands of the right-wingers in the police department, and into the hands of Wall Street.

There is nothing Wall Street and right-wingers at all levels of government would love more than to have today's public anger against them turn into its very opposite.”



Acts of civil disobedience draw attention to the cause and attract new members and resources. If the acts go badly the opposite will happen.



“When engaging in civil disobedience, let's employ non-violent tactics that will galvanize broad unity with the people of …[the]...nation.

Tactics that will win over even misguided working people and students influenced by Fox television and other media outlets at the service of Wall Street and the far right.”





http://peoplesworld.org/occupy-movement-can-win-with-nonviolence/




A BREIF SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT YESTERDAY



Atlanta (CNN) -- Occupy protesters returned to the streets of Atlanta on Sunday night, a day after a police crackdown on a gathering organized by the movement resulted in the arrests of 19 people....Those arrested Saturday included two people who refused to leave Woodruff Park after the 11 p.m. closing time and 17 others charged with obstructing traffic after the crowd poured onto nearby streets, the Atlanta Police Department said

…..The group may change gears and use other ways to convere no people protesting, if banks start failing again because of Greece, they will come back to the government for a bailout. The government needs to know people are watching.".....New York has made 555 arrests in the Occupy Wall Street movement on charges ranging from minor vioy its message, including "occupying" banking facilities and homes facing foreclosure, according to Chidi.

….."The financial services industry is not being properly regulated or overseen," said the 38-year-old consultant. "We are cruising toward another 2008 meltdown."

And the protests will send a strong message, he said.

"We have not learned a lesson from the last catastrophe. If there alations to felonies, the district attorney's office said. New York City Police said last week they charged a 26-year-old Brooklyn man with sexual abuse for inappropriately touching an 18-year-old woman at Zuccotti Park, the home base for the protests. In Oakland, California, demonstrators and police clashed last week, prompting authorities to use tear gas on protesters who defied orders to disperse.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/06/us/georgia-occupy-arrests/?hpt=us_c2






ATLANTA -Atlanta police said one protester draped in an American flag inside Woodruff Park was arrested after refusing to leave by a Sunday night curfew, and four other people on bicycles were arrested near the park - three for traffic violations and one for obstruction of a law enforcement officer.



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lone-atlanta-occupy-wall-street-protester-arrested-refusing-leave-park-article-1.973253




HPD arresting Occupy Honolulu Protestors from sidewalk. Beretania Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSM86ZkQI8Q


Nov 6, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ At least 20 people have been arrested after scuffles broke out during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZvvcpmxNSM


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Police and Occupy DC protesters are offering conflicting accounts about a weekend incident in which a motorist struck three protesters near a downtown demonstration.

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HAWAII

Police arrested roughly a half dozen protesters after organizers of the Occupy Honolulu movement attempted to establish an encampment at a local park.

Some 20 police officers arrived late Saturday at the city’s Thomas Square. Members of Occupy Honolulu had said earlier Saturday that they planned to begin camping at the park starting at its 10 p.m. closing time. About 40 protesters were gathered at the site when authorities began telling them to leave.

…..Honolulu organizers said they also stood “in solidarity” with the homeless who are being forced from the streets and parks as the city prepares this week to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

OREGON

Portland Police Bureau chief Mike Reese has told members of Occupy Portland that concerns about their security in camp and on marches are warranted, but says protesters must work more closely with police......

OHIO

The Occupy Wall Street movement has spurred demonstrators in Cincinnati to form their own political party.

Spokesman Tyrone Givens tells The Associated Press that he and other Cincinnati-based protesters traveled to New York’s Occupy site to pitch the idea. He says the party is vetting six potential candidates for local office from Ohio, New York and Kentucky.

Givens says the ultimate goal is to elect members of the “Occupation Party” to Congress.

CALIFORNIA

Several hundred protesters marched through the financial district in Los Angeles to protest the banking industry as part of “Bank Transfer Day,” a grassroots movement that has been championed by the Occupy Wall Street protests.

…..The march ended with a teach-in by former labor secretary Robert Reich.

Meanwhile, a downtown Oakland branch of Wells Fargo bank closed its doors for the day Saturday as immigrant rights protesters crowded the entrance to condemn the bank’s ties to private companies that run immigrant detention centers.



More than 100 protesters marched a block from the Occupy Oakland encampment to the bank branch Saturday morning. A few protesters briefly tussled with bank security guards who stood in front of the locked entrance. Police were on the scene but made no arrests.

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INDIANA

Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters marched Saturday through downtown Indianapolis, chanting slogans and holding signs berating the nation’s big banks after a rally where they urged people to transfer their money to local banks and credit unions.

About 80 protesters marched from the Indiana Statehouse to Monument Circle, where they stopped outside two banks and loudly chanted “This is democracy in action!” before continuing.

IDAHO

Fifteen campers set up tents Saturday at the Old Ada County Courthouse lawn in downtown Boise with some planning to stay for as long as they can.

The Idaho Statesman reports that the protesters met with state officials earlier in the week and agreed to ground rules limiting the number of campers to 15 until more services are put in place.

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BRITAIN

About 200 protesters marched to Parliament on Guy Fawkes Day, the annual commemoration of the English revolutionary who tried to blow up the building in the 17th century.

Many of Saturday’s protesters in London were wearing a grinning, somewhat sinister mask of Guy Fawkes that has become an icon of the Occupy Movement around the world. The rally was largely peaceful, but the group was kept from getting close to Parliament by a heavy police presence.

…..Many of the demonstrators had marched from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, where the Occupy movement has set up camp for weeks to protest social inequality and the excesses of the banking industry. Two protesters were arrested for suspected criminal damage and unlawful protest, police said.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/latest-developments-in-the-occupy-protests-occurring-in-places-around-the-world/2011/11/06/gIQA73ujrM_story.html

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